Software Developer - Welsh Revenue Authority - HEO
Government Digital & Data -
Location
We encourage flexible and hybrid working. Some office attendance will be required based on business needs. This role is based in Cardiff office.
About the job
Job summary
We’re responsible for Land Transaction Tax and Landfill Disposals Tax. Our work raises revenue to support public services, like the NHS and schools, in communities across Wales. But that’s not all, we're also involved with and support future tax design for Wales.
Join a place with purpose
You’ll join a team of 100+ talented people from across 14 different professions. Our culture is best described as innovative, collaborative and kind. By working together, we’ll deliver a fair tax system for Wales.
Our people
You’ll be working with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. From Operations, Policy, Digital and Data, HR, Communications to Finance – there’s a place for you in our friendly team.
You’ll be our greatest asset
You’ll be joining an inclusive organisation and be part of a team where you can thrive, be rewarded and heard.
We’re recognised as one of the top organisations for people engagement in the Civil Service People Survey. Inclusion and fairness are one of our strongest areas, as well as pay and benefits – our People Survey results say it all!
We’re also recognised for being innovative and a digital, ‘cloud-based’ organisation that supports hybrid and flexible working enabling a great work-life balance.
More about working for us, our roles and our Corporate Plan 2025 - 2028 .
Job description
The Software Developer will sit within the WRA's Developer team and will be assigned to a multi-disciplinary team brought together to deliver the Visitor Levy for Wales. This is a new tax service, which is supported by a new Visitor Accommodation Register. The Developer team sits within the Digital & Technology team, who are responsible for the delivery of all IT-related services within the WRA by providing infrastructure, applications and services. You will be responsible for building and supporting software to meet the needs of both internal and external users. This includes front end JavaScript applications and back-end .NET API services. You will use agreed specifications to design, code and test programs, using the right standards and tools. This includes building interfaces between systems, or working on more complex user focussed applications as part of the wider team. You will use modern standards and provide some coaching and mentoring to junior colleagues. The solutions and services you design will have security mitigation controls embedded as a core part of the solution. “We are a fully cloud-based organisation with an ambition to deliver efficient and intuitive digital solutions for new taxes.” Isaac Rapley, Senior Software Developer |
Person specification
- Solve business problems and design systems. Understand the business problem which needs to be solved, and engaging with others across the organisation to design and implement an appropriate solution.
- Develop software to meet user needs, this may include designing a new system or making an improvement to an existing application. Support and guidance will be provided by the Lead Developer
- Follow best-practice guidelines, help to improve those guidelines to ensure that they are implemented
- Write clean, well-tested code
- Build secure applications that is subject to regular IT security health checks, making improvements on recommendations and tracking changes
- Support and help mentor our digital apprentices as their skills develop
- Identify issues in production and resolve them
- Control releases using CI/CD tools and provide post-live support
- Provide ongoing support for the applications and services you build
- Escalate problems and issues as they arise to the Lead Developer
Candidate information session
If this seems like a role you’d be interested in, join us for our virtual Candidate Information Sessions. You’ll meet the Line Manager, get an overview of the role as well a feeling for what it’s like to work at the WRA. We’ll also talk through our benefits and provide helpful tips for your application with us. Please register for one of the sessions below:
8th October 2025 at 12.30pm - Register here: Business Wales Events Finder - Candidate Information Session - Software Developer
8th October 2025 at 4.00pm - Register here: Business Wales Events Finder - Candidate Information Session - Software Developer
Languages
We’ve undertaken an objective assessment of the Welsh language skills needed to undertake the duties of this role. For this role:
Welsh language skills
Welsh skills are not essential. This means that you do not need Welsh language skills to undertake this role and these skills won’t be assessed during the recruitment process. However, we actively encourage all staff to learn, or improve their Welsh language skills and offer a range of opportunities to suit everyone.
